Actress Izara Aishah touched on the topic of suicide on Instagram when one of her followers asked her: “ Is it normal or not when we have a problem to the point of thinking of suicide?... As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/ medium.... Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item....

Iskandar Expressway last month. Aliff Asyraf Abu, 27, who was in a neck brace and using a walking stick

JOHOR BARU: A group of Taman Damansara Aliff residents has been helping some 400 families usher in

JOHOR BARU: A 42-year-old construction company manager was charged at the Sessions Court here with giving a RM10, 000 bribe to a Public Works Department district officer a year ago. The accused, Asdi Ali, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to him before judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail on Sunday( Jan 9). According to the charge sheet, the accused had allegedly bribed a 43-year-old engineer working with the Department in Selangor as an inducement for him to get the contract for road and

JOHOR BARU: A construction company manager has been charged at a Sessions Court here with giving a RM10, 000 bribe to a Public Works Department( JKR) district officer a year ago. Asdi Ali, 42, claimed trial after the charge was read to him before judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail yesterday. According to the charge sheet, the accused had allegedly bribed a 43-year-old engineer in Selangor JKR as an inducement for him to get the contract for road and safety maintenance at Jalan Batang Kali-Gen

JOHOR BARU: Mersing Umno Youth chief Azmir Zainal Abidin has died at the Sultan Ismail Hospital here at the age of 40 years after being admitted due to high blood pressure. Johor Umno Youth chief Mohd Hairi Mad Shah confirmed the matter, saying Azmir had breathed his last at around 4. 25pm on Wednesday( Oct 20). Azmir is the eldest child of former Johor executive councillor and former Endau assemblyman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman.He held several positions in various political and non-governmental

SHAH ALAM: A telecommunications company chief executive officer pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here on Wednesday( March 6) to two counts of fraud related to a RM47. 25mil contract three years ago.RD Comm Network( M) Sdn Bhd CEO Mohd Razain Hashim, 45, was charged with defrauding a construction company chief operations officer into believing that he( the accused) could award it the contract for engineering services and monopole antenna installation. According to the charge sheet, this c

JOHOR BARU: About three years ago, a lorry driver was caught for having in his possession pornographic videos in his mobile phone. Then on Malaysia Day last week, the 42-year-old allegedly committed an act of gross indecency in his apartment unit that was seen by a neighbour. Following this, the accused was charged at a magistrate's court on Monday( Sept 20) for indecent and obscene behaviour, as well as having pornographic videos on his mobile phone. Muhammad Mahadzir Abdullah, however, only pl

KOTA KINABALU: State-owned SMJ Energy( SMJESB) has signed a second deal to take a stake of up to 20% in an offshore oil exploration area in northern Sabah.In a statement on Tuesday( Jan 23), the company said a letter of understanding was signed for the production sharing contract with PETRONAS Carigali( PCSB) and EP Malaysia Venture( EPMV), which offers the state oil and gas company up to 20% participating interest in Block SB403 PSC under a back-in option that is exercisable upon completion of

KUALA LUMPUR: A security company owner pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here on Monday( March 7) to two charges of accepting bribes amounting to RM200, 000 to help the man cover up the death of a Bangladeshi worker due to Covid-19 last year.On both the charges, C. Mahenthiran, 51, was alleged to have accepted a bribe amounting to RM200, 000 from ice factory owner Wong Huey Tsyr, 51, as an inducement to help avoid action being taken against the man( Wong) and to cover up the foreign worke